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7/12 Radio Broadcast continued
Dazzy Vance will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Dazzy has appeared in 35 games this season
with a record of 7-3
In 59 innings, he has an 2.76 ERA
Jesse Haines has finished his work
here this afternoon
Blade is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings
Bending from side to side
Finally, he's ready
Barrett is hitting at .262 on the year
He has 61 hits in 233 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter...
Barrett has scored 33 runs on the season
Blade waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Dazzy rocks and fires
A hot shot on the ground to Hornsby
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Blade is out
And there's one away
Coming up now is Tucker
Everyone is struggling to
keep their bats dry
Right-hander Vance prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Tucker
Way ahead in the count
Vance turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Checked swing
Slow bouncer toward short
Frisch scrambles in
Picks it up
Flicks it quickly to Terry
SAFE!
Who shot A. J. out of a cannon?!
One away, Tucker at first
Pflaggstettler is coming to the plate
Dazzy peers in for the sign...
Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Here's the righthander's delivery
Swung on and missed...
Pflaggstettler is down on strikes
Two gone for FOFC
Slowly coming up is Potpie for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 9 to 8
We'll see how they pitch to Potpie
Hartnett flashes the sign...
Vance shakes it off, he wants another...
Now he's happy
The righthander delivers
Potpie drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Hartnett is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Great,)...
Tucker is out!
Double for Potpie
Vance saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Vance looks down toward
the third base coach
Sirr is ready
Fozborg is into his rocking motion
Now his right arm comes around
Routine grounder to short
Nights scoops it up
Over to first for the out
One up, one down for NL Pre WWII
Frisch comes to the plate
FOFC leads by 1
We're in the bottom of the 6th
Frisch swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Fozborg
Fozborg wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Grounded towards the sack
Potpie to Fozborg covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Pie Traynor
to get a new bat
Let's point out that NL Pre WWII is
7 and 3 in their last ten games
Up now for NL Pre WWII is Traynor
Two away, nobody on
Traynor steps out of the box...
Looks towards Casey Stingle for a sign
Sirr looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Fozborg quick pitches him
Traynor tries to hold up
Bullock points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII
Time to check out the rest of the scores
Turn of Century with the lead
over Negro League II 5 to 2
AL Pre WWII clipping AL Post WWII 8 to 4
Simmons has hit his 17th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Japanese League slipping by
Dead Ball Era 4 to 2
Left Outs is edging NL Post WWII 3 to 2
Old Timers is in front of Late 20th 3 to 0
FOFC will send Palmer,
Billy Bullock, and Stan Gunner to face
Dazzy Vance this inning
The outfield shades towards
left for Palmer
Time is called...
Don't know what for...
Now we appear ready
Here's the 1-0 offering
Palmer hits a fly in the gap
Ott charges over...
He flags it down, on the run
Now batting will be Bullock
The catcher for FOFC
Billy steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Bullock struck out last time up
and now is 0 for 3
Bullock waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Now Dazzy delivers
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Joe Medwick is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Average,)
He's jumping for it...
He can't get it!
That's a homerun for Billy Bullock
Gunner walks slowly to home plate
Vance's had mixed success
against him in the past
Gunner is hitting .267 against righties
Gunner is set
Now Dazzy delivers
Gunner swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Vance strikes out Stan Gunner
Two down
Hartnett asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hartnett and Vance
Next up is Jeff Nights,
the FOFC shortstop...
If he gets on, Sirr Fozborg would bat next
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the Pre-Nationals ballboy
Nights is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Frisch plays it on one hop
Over to Terry...
Out of there!
That's all for FOFC
After 6 and a half innings in
NL Pre WWII this afternoon,
FOFC on top 10 to 8
It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Rogers Hornsby, Mel Ott,
and Kiki Cuyler are the scheduled hitters
It's the bottom of the 7th...
All Stars lead the Pre-Nationals, 10-8
Fozborg is happy with the sign
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Hornsby swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bullock loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Rogers as he was heading for the dugout
NL Pre WWII with one away
Fozborg steps off the mound as
he waits for Mel Ott to
come to the plate
Ott finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Ott is at .298 on the season
Fozborg has the sign from Bullock
Fozborg kicks and fires
Swung on and foul tipped
Bullock hangs on to it
Strike out for Fozborg
Number 3 on the day
That's the second out of the inning
Nobody on, two away
Cuyler steps in for NL Pre WWII
So far this year Cuyler is batting .292
He has 7 doubles, 3 triples
3 homeruns with 26 RBI's
and 7 stolen bases
Fozborg steps on the rubber
Now ready, here it is...
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That is the third out for NL Pre WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 24006
The FOFC pitcher, Fozborg,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
Fozborg wiggles the bat above his head
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Slow ground ball
Frisch is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
NL Pre WWII gets the first out
here late in this contest
Blade is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Barrett is hitting at .261 on the year
He has 61 hits in 234 at bats
This includes 12 doubles, 3 triples
2 home runs and 16 RBI's
Vance likes the sign
Vance brings it home
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Vance comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
Two down
Vance retires two in a row
At the plate is Tucker
Late in the game
FOFC up by 2
A. J. is hitting at .298 on the year
He has 121 hits in 406 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 16 stolen bases
Vance shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Dazzy has a fine arsenal of pitches
but mostly uses a power fastball!
Vance's righthanded delivery...
Tucker pulls one to the right side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Ott will retrieve it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Tucker retreats to first
after a wide turn
Tucker takes a walking lead
Tucker has stolen 16 of 19 bases this year
Vance tosses another quick one to first...
Even the speedy Tucker looks
a bit tentative now...
He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead
Pflaggstettler steps in
Tucker's trying to rattle Dazzy Vance
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.310 with 15 homeruns
Persimmon also has 16 doubles
and 5 triples
And has driven in a total of 55 runs
Waiting for the pitch is Pflaggstettler
The pitch is on the way
Pflaggstettler drives the ball
to center for extra bases
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Tucker scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Pflaggstettler
Jeeberoni Potpie will be coming up next...
Potpie is having a field
day at the plate...
He is 3 for 4, with 1 home run
FOFC has 14 hits overall...
Potpie has 3 of those hits...
Okay, he's stepping in
Potpie is 3 for 4 on the afternoon
He has ripped NL Pre WWII pitching
for 1 homer and 1 double
Still with 0 triples, however
He has a shot at the "cycle" here
Potpie is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Vance
He's waiting for the pitch
Pflaggstettler is dancing off third
Vance is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Routine grounder to short
Frisch grabs it
Over to Terry
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That does it for FOFC here
in the top of the 8th
But they pick up 1 run
So After 7 and a half innings,
FOFC on top 11 to 8
Medwick is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Medwick swinging from the right side
facing the righty Fozborg
Fozborg adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Fozborg kicks and fires
Medwick cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock
Medwick was badly fooled by Fozborg's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Joe was a little overanxious
With one down
Potpie yells something out to Fozborg
Sirr nods his head
Coming up for NL Pre WWII
is Gabby Hartnett
Nobody on base, one out
Right-hander Fozborg eyes
the righty Hartnett
The righthander Fozborg delivers
Hartnett hits a deep fly
Gunner retreats toward the fence
He leaps...
He's got it!
Two down
Bill Terry plants his left foot
The lefthanded first baseman for
NL Pre WWII appears set
And Sirr studies the sign from Bullock...
Now he's got it
The righthander Fozborg's delivery
Extra base hit to center for Terry
A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it
This one is rolling to the wall...
This might be stretched into an
inside the park homerun!
He's going to try for it!
Here's the play...
He's out!
Exciting play, Terry will get
credit for a triple.
FOFC will send Palmer,
Billy Bullock, and Stan Gunner to face
Dazzy Vance this inning
Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year
Vance shakes off the sign from Hartnett
And another...
Still another...
Looks like Vance doesn't want
to pitch to Palmer
Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting
Now he's finally ready
Vance rocks and fires
Palmer rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Frisch
Frankie fields it cleanly
Over to first quickly...
Easy out
One gone for FOFC
Billy Bullock, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Bullock is 1 for 4 today
Vance likes the sign
Vance kicks and delivers
Bullock swings hard...
But he was fooled on the pitch
It hits him on the fists
It's dribbling towards second
Hornsby charges in on it...
Bare hands it...
Sidearms it to first...
Just in time to get Bullock
Nice play by Rogers Hornsby
Bullock only needed a bit more speed
Two down
Dazzy Vance retires
the first two batters in a row
Stan Gunner will make his
way to home plate
He's the right fielder for FOFC
Gunner goes through his routine
of settling in
Vance looks down at Hartnett for the sign
Now he's ready...
Vance is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Gunner pounds a grounder
toward Frisch at short
Frankie moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Frisch stayed with it
Over to first and Gunner is retired
Nice play by the NL Pre WWII short stop
Vance sets the All Stars down in order
Ross Youngs is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Dazzy Vance
Here is Ross Youngs to start
it off for NL Pre WWII
Kronside looks down at
Bullock for the sign
Now he's ready
And the righthander starts
to work on Youngs
Here comes the pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Youngs gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One away in the bottom of
the 9th for NL Pre WWII
Frankie Frisch coming up
Frisch asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Frisch is ready for the pitch
He takes his windup
Fastball
OUCH! It hit Frisch!
Jackson will be the pinch runner
The headsy and classy third baseman,
Pie Traynor, is coming up to bat
Traynor has a .287 average against
righthanders this season
Kronside adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Kronside brings it to the plate
A sharp breaking curve...
Traynor was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Pie Traynor can touch them all
Rogers Hornsby will face Kronside
Righty against righty
Hornsby grips the bat handle
Bullock flashes the sign to Kronside
Jace comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Right down the middle... strike three
Hornsby must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
Two down...
The Pre-Nationals are chipping
away at the FOFC lead
They've scored 2 runs in the inning
FOFC leads 11 to 10
A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Mel Ott
Ott looks down toward the third
base coach, Casey Stingle
Kronside shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Righthander Kronside's delivery
Ott rips it hard...
This one looks like it will be
in there for extra bases!
Mel is around first...
Digging for second...
He will slide...
AND HE IS SAFE!
So Mel Ott is in there
for his 3rd double on the afternoon!
That'll bring up Pre-Nationals'
center fielder Kiki Cuyler...
Pre-Nationals with a runner in
scoring position at second
With 2 RBI's in the game
Cuyler has 26 on the season
Cuyler cocks his bat
Kronside will try to get
Cuyler to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Right down the middle... strike three
Cuyler must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
And that will do it for NL Pre WWII
FOFC wins 11 to 10
Kronside notches the save
Alexander takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 3 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Pre WWII.
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